4.11.14 USMTS Modifieds Results From Lakeside Speedway

4.11.14 USMTS Modifieds Results From Lakeside Speedway

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (April 11) — Rodney Sanders was happy to see the caution light shining with four laps to go in Friday’s United States Modified Touring Series event at the Lakeside Speedway.

Stormy Scott no so much.

With 26 laps complete in the 30-lapper, Scott was well on his way to his fifth USMTS Casey’s Cup powered by Swan Energy victory of the 2014 campaign when the yellow flag waved after Mike Petersilie tagged the back-stretch wall.

Meanwhile, Sanders had worked his way through the field from the 11 starting spot and was a distant second when the race came to a halt.

After the restart, the defending USMTS National Champion powered around the outside of Scott on lap 27 and then held on through one more caution to score the victory.

Scott, who built up a huge lead throughout the last half of the race after passing early leader Hunter Rasdon on the fifth lap, held on to take the runner-up spot despite breaking off the right side of his rear spoiler when he brushed the turn 2 wall on lap 17.

Zack VanderBeek started 14th and finished third and added the Mesilla Valley Transportation Hard Charger Award to his take-home pay while Dereck Ramirez and Jake Gallardo completed the top five.

With the win, Sanders claimed the top spot in the points standings for the Major League Bowhunter Central Region presented by Day Motor Sports. Scott is 24 points behind (196 to 172), followed by VanderBeek (169), Gallardo (168) and Ramirez (159).

Rasdon, who came into the event as the points leader, retired from the main event with three laps to go and fell to sixth place with 154 points. Austin Siebert (147) and Johnny Scott (143) are seventh and eighth while Dylan Smith and nine-time USMTS National Champion Kelly Shryock are tied for ninth with 140 markers apiece.

The stars and cars of the United States Modified Touring Series make their way to the Salina Highbanks Speedway in Pryor Creek, Okla., on Saturday. Gates will open at 5:00 with racing at 7:00. All regular weekly classes will also be in action.

Adult general admission tickets are $15 while kids ages 5 to 12 are $10. A family ticket (two adults and two kids are just $40. For fans looking to upgrade to VIP seating, those tickets are $25 each and the beer garden is $15. Pit passes are $35 for adults, and $25 for kids ages 5 to 12. Children 4 and under get in for free through the grandstands or pits.

The Salina Highbanks Speedway is a high-banked 3/8-mile clay oval located 7 miles east of Pryor on SR 20. For reservations and ticket information, visit the website at www.salinahighbanksspeedway.com or call 918-434-7223.

The series wraps up the weekend on Sunday at the Outlaw Motorsports Park. The high-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval is located southwest of Muskogee on I-40 to US 69, then 10 miles north to the Wainwright Exit, then 0.1 mile east. For more information call 918-687-7077 or 918-302-0366 or visit www.outlawmotorsportspark.com online.

To learn more about the United States Modified Touring Series, visit www.usmts.com online or call 515-832-7944. You can also like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/usmts, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/usmts or check out our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/usmtstv.

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver, hometown, chassis/engine builder, laps completed, money won and reason out (if any). The top 12 drivers in passing points accumulated in the heat races are locked into the “A” Main, with the top 8 re-drawing for starting positions 1-8.